Associate Professor of Management
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: (805) 893-7185 (fax -7612)
ESM 210 Strategic Management and the private/public
interface
This course focuses on the management of firms in turbulent environments. Strategic management requires understanding of the forces influencing companies and developing appropriate strategies for sustainability. It involves setting goals, formulating strategies and managing the full range of firm resources. Students will analyze competitive forces as well as non-market forces such as regulation and stakeholders' pressure. They will study strategy formulation and implementation including innovation strategies and internationalization.
ESM 281
Corporate Environmental Management
This course prepares students to use creatively conceptual tools and management strategies to improve the environmental performance of firms. Societal, and political barriers to implementing these strategies will be analyzed and methods for overcoming these constraints discussed.
ESM 595 Ph.D. seminar on Business Strategy and the
Environment
The objective of this course is to help Ph.D. students to conduct research on strategic management and regulation topics. The seminar is built around published empirical research in business strategy, innovation and the environment. Articles for discussion will be drawn from journals in several fields, including economics, the behavioral sciences, management science, business administration, and political science.
This is an
interdisciplinary course that focuses on writing articles for
publication and on the critical evaluation of others' work. In this
class, students will present and critically evaluate each other’s
manuscripts (i.e. to be submitted for publication). It will focus on
developing analytical skills, sustaining coherent arguments, and
revising for clarity and style. We will also discuss how to manage the
manuscript submission and review process as well as how to evaluate
articles clearly but constructively. At the end of the seminar,
students should have greater awareness of the requirements for
publishing articles in academic journals. In the current tight job
market, doctoral students who have succeeded in publishing their work
will have an advantage. At the same time, the course will encourage
broader interdisciplinary discussion in our Ph.D. community because it
requires the detailed evaluation of written work across disciplines.
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Master's Group ProjectS SUpervised
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“Ceago Vinegarden: How green is your wine? Environmental differentiation strategy through Eco-labels” (2006) with Vered Doctori and Kara Shuster University of California Santa Barbara.